Research

I am currently a recently-graduated PhD student in community ecology at
ISEM,
Montpellier (France), with the
BioDicée team.
While my research interests span a broad variety of topics within the
realm of ecology, my PhD work is focused on exploring
how ecological interactions shape the response of
ecosystems to perturbations. My methods include plant surveys,
data analysis and mathematical modelling.

Things I am working on:

Disturbance and the subalpine meadows of California

We use extensive plant surveys to explore how resilient subalpine
meadows are to grazing and climate change in two
Californian National Parks, Yosemite and Sequoia NP.

The long-term resilience of a semi-arid grassland: La Crau, France

Using vegetation surveys and modelling, we explore the interplay
between the resilience of vegetation communities and plant-plant
interactions in the protected semi-arid grassland of
La Crau,
France.

Early-warning signals of degradation in ecological systems

I contribute to developing indicators of ecosystem degradation based
on their stability properties and spatial structure, using
(e.g.) aerial images. I created an R package,
spatialwarnings to compute these indicators in
real and model ecological systems.

Software

I develop and maintain some software such as R packages (e.g.
rollply, spatialwarnings). Most of it happens in the
open at github
so do not hesitate to jump in and contribute !

Nature and Photography

As many ecologists, I am fond of wildlife, which makes me
embark on various nature-related adventures.

The View From the Feeder

Although this is very much in development, I am building
Raspberry-pi-powered feeders that weigh and take videos of
birds (and other visitors!). A selection is posted daily on a
twitter account:
The View
from the Feeder.

Le Saule Causeur

A collective
blog (in french) that aims at teaching the spark of
knowledge we need to read and understand our natural environment !